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LOW · 3.3

CVE-2020-1702

A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An ...

Vulnerability Description

A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An attacker can use this flaw to trick a user, with privileges to pull container images, into crashing the process responsible for pulling the image. This flaw affects containers-image versions before 5.2.0.

CVSS Score

3.3

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
LOW

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Containers-Image ProjectContainers-Image< 5.2.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux8.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2020-1702?

CVE-2020-1702 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW). A malicious container image can consume an unbounded amount of memory when being pulled to a container runtime host, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux using podman, or OpenShift Container Platform. An ...

How severe is CVE-2020-1702?

CVE-2020-1702 has been rated LOW with a CVSS base score of 3.3/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2020-1702?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Containers-Image Project Containers-Image, Redhat Enterprise Linux.